The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
5.9 (7)
1 hr 15 min
English
The week late night TV woke America.
For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
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- Big Beach, Ford Foundation / JustFilms
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Harry Belafonte as Self
Whoopi Goldberg as Self
Tamron Hall as Self
Jason King as Self
Robin Thede as Self
Questlove as Self
Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage)
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Yoruba Richen · Director
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